Door-hanger



` 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. G. BRI'NTON.

DOOR HANGER (Model.)

Yliazented Oct. 16, 1883 (Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 C. BRINTON.

DOOR HANGER.

Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

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CALEB BRINTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 286,774, dated October16, 1883.

. Application med october 26,1852. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALEB BRINTON, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDoor-Hangers, of which the following, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification.

Figurel is a side elevation of the hanger represented as when applied tothe use for which it is intended. Fig. 2 is an end or edge view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a face view of the doorstop, shown in connection withthe parts operating therewith. Fig. 4 isa section in the plane of theline a: :c of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is asectional view of the door, showing amodication in the mode of connecting the door-bolt thereto. Fig. 6isaside view of the door, represented as partly broken away, in order toshow the mode of connecting the door-bolt to theJ door by means of aninternal nut. Fig. 7 is a detail of thedoor-bolt. Fig. 8 is a detail ofthe internal nut; and Fig. 9.is a side view ofthe bracket-brace,bracket, and door-bolt, showing the beveled bearings between said .braceand bracket.

`ding, and bent or formed to overlap the board a and to extendunderneath its lower edge. The board ct is slotted, as indicated by thedotted lines c A c, and D D are screws passing through the said platesand slots into the studding. p

These screws are aids in holding the board a and plates C C properly inplace.

E E are screws passing upward through the lower ends of the plates C C,and the lower side of the track B rests on these screws. C

is a plate attached to the studding by screws D D, as explained. Thesaid plate overlaps the outer face of the board a.

5o Fis a bracket applied to the studding, and

G is a screw passing upward through the said bracket and meeting thelower side of the track B.

H and H are screws securing the rear end of the board a to one of thestuds. The screw H should pass through a somewhat oblong hole, asindicated by the dotted lines there shown. I f

I is the door-frame, a part of which, as at I', is directly below thescrews E E. I make this p art I` in a separate part o'r piece, securedremovably in place by means of screws d d.

My purpose in connecting the rail to the board and the track to thestudding, in the manner described, is to permit the track to be adjustedor made level, and prevent its bending or getting out of order by unevensettling of the walls or otherwise. To render the track level I insertascrew-driver or wrench through the opening in top of the door-frame,and

through which the door-suspension bolts pass, and turn the screws E Eand G, either in one direction or the other, as may be required,

at which time the track will turn on the screw I-I as a pivot. Accessmay be had to the screw G by sliding the door below it out into thedoorway far enough to permit that screw to be reached either by the handor by means of ascrewv-driver inserted through the space commonlyoccupied by the door. The part I of the frame may be removed, to obtainbetter access to the screws E E, and also to facilitate hanging thedoors andto remove the several part-s of the hanger and track forrepairs, if necessary. The upper ends of the said plates may, in someinstances, be secured to the lintel or longitudinal beam located(usually) above the track. Either adjusting device described may beemployed to adjust the track when there is sufficient space between theunder side of the track and the top of the doorframe to admit thebracket. It may be best to insert small metallic plates between theupper ends of the said adjusting-screws and the under side of the trackB.

J J are the wheels or sheaves. These wheels have a straight face ortread, e, a beveled ilange, e', and a-beveled web, e, and the rail a hasits bearings for the beveled portion IOO of the wheel, by preference,slightly convex in form, so as to reduce friction between said parts, asis clearly shown in Fig. 2.

K K are bifurcated brackets, in the upper ends oi' which the axles orspindles of the wheels J J are rigidly secured. The brackets are formedto hang down over the outer face of the rail a, and also to projecthorizontally under the said rail, as shown in Fig. 2.' The opening a,between the depending arms of the brackets, serves for the passage ofthe'doorsuspension bolt into or from its place in the bracket, withoutremoving said bracket from the rail, thus facilitating hanging thedoors.

L L are rollers having bearings in arms f f, extending laterally fromthe bracket K, which rollers ride on the outer or vertical face of therail a, as shown in Fig. l, thereby preventing a wobbling movement ofthe wheels J J.

M M are the door-suspending bolts, the upper ends of which are headed.The bolts depend freely from the horizontal parts of the brackets K K,and the holes through which they pass are somewhat elliptical or Haring,being larger at the lower than at their upper ends, as indicated bythedotted lines atg in Fig. 2. By this means a slight swinging movement ofthe bolts is permitted. These bolts M M depend from points or hang inplanes between the center of the face or tread of the wheels J J and thebeveled web e, so that the weight ofthe doors, when hung, wi-ll causethe wheels J J to run free from the board a. This elliptical form of theopening through which the bolt M depends is only a matter of preference;but when employed the. long diameter of said opening should be in thedirection ofthe wheel-axle. VBy this means the slight oscillatorymovement of the door in the same direction will be permitted, and thusany tendency to binding or cramping, resulting from warping or twistingof the rails, will be prevented. The bolts M M'enter the upper edges ofthe doors, and in the front and rear edges of the doors, near the top, Imakev a horizontal bore, h, into which. I drive a nut, N, having acentral screw-hole, to receive the lower end of the door-bolt, which isscrewthreaded to enter said nut. This nut is ribbed on its top andbottom and sides, as shown at it', Fig. S, so that it may beV crowdedrmly into the bore 7L, and these ribs are beveled otf toward their ends,so that the nut may be inserted and driven with facility, andso that ittically and laterally, until it assumesits proper position for said boltto enter. The central portion of this nut is spherical or rounded, so asto perm-it of thisadjustment. The rear or outer endof this nut may benotched slightly, as shown at i', Fig. 8, so that a screw-driver orother suitable tool may be employed i-n adjusting the nut. A smallholemay also be made vertically through the rear part of the nut, so that ahook-shaped wire may be employed for drawing the nut from its socket,but as all may be rocked or tilted somewhat, both verthese details ofconstruction are not absolutely essential, and do not constitute themost important features of my present invention, I have not here shownthem with particularity.

O is a cap or removable plug,which I drive into the outer end of thebore h after the nut Nhas been properly arranged therein. It will beperceived that as the nut N isl fixed or stationary, so as to beincapable of rotation in its socket, the door may be either raised orlowered by turning the bolts M M, and that the turning of these bolts isiacilitated for the reason that they are flattened in the manner shownVin Fig. 7.

cure to the upper corners of the doors, as is clearly shown in Fig. 6.As the door-bolts must pass through these plates the plates will be tosome extent weakened; but to offset this weakening of the plates I makeon the lower sides of the said plates ribs or webs 7c k, as is clearlyshown in Fig. 5.

Vhen' this hanger is employed in connection with light doors, I locate anut, N, directly underneath the plate P and at the point where thedoor-bolt enters the said plate, as shown in Fig. 5, and I screw thebolt M down through this nut, as thereA shown. The webs k 7c serve toprevent the nuts from turning.

Q is the door-stop, which is pivoted to the rear edge of thedoor,between the washer Zand a spring-cushion, m, as shown in Fig. 4. Apin, n, is driven into the rear edge of the door, so as to support thestop horizontally, but yet admit of its being turned or swung verticallyto some extent, as indicated in Fig. 3. I weight one end of the stop, asshown, at o, so that it ywill rest horizontally on the pin n. l

R R are catches applied to the studding, and so located as to preventthe door from moving too far out into the doorway while the stop restson the pin n. The springcushion m serves to prevent jars and noise. Thescrewbolt may be turned in or out of the door, so as to adjust thestop-latch to stop the door at a proper point. The washer t' serves toprevent Y Y displacement of the stop or latch upon the bolt, andfacilitates the latch in turning. This stop may be manipulated by meansof a thin tool, so that it will escape the catches R R and permit thedoor to pass entirely out into the doorway.

`p p are.` holes, into which short strings may be tied `for the purposeof aiding the shifting of the latch from one position to another.

S is a brace-arm, from which depends a boltlike extension, S, adapted toenter the upper edge ofthe door.- This arm S S may be made in one andthe same. piece with the bracket K 5 but I deem it preferable to make itin a separate piece, in which case it is arranged 'to rest upon thehorizontal part of the said bracket, and lis there retained by means ofthe bolt M, which passes through it, as shown in IOO IIC

Figs. 1, 2, and 9." The under side of the part S,where it is in contactwith the bracket K, has beveled edges o o', and its seat on the saidbracket is made iaring, to receive the said edges, and thepart S lrestsonly on the lia-ring parts of its seat, so that the weight of the doorwill center the said arm or draw it to a central position on its seat,thus insuring the proper position of the bolt M with reference to thewheel J, as before described. A metallic bushing may be inserted intothe upper edge of the door to receive the part S; as indicated wheels JJ; having a horizontal portion or tread, e, and the beveled part e?, therail a, having thereon a correspondingly-formed bed for the said wheels,the rectangular brackets KK, having therein the'elliptical or flaringholes or openings r/ g, located in vertical planes passing between thecenter of the tread@ and the bevel e,.and the door-suspending bolts M M,passing through or hung in the said openings, substantially as and forthe purposes specified. i I 3. The combination, in a doorhanger, ofthetrack B, consisting ofthe rail a and board a', rigidly connected to eachother, and the said board having therein the slots c e, the screws D D,the guide-plates, and the track-supporting screws, substantially as andfor the purposes specified. l

4c. The combination, in a doorhanger, ofthe brace arm S and the pendantS, with the door suspending bolts and wheel brackets, substantially asand for the purposes specified.

.p Y GALEB BRIN TON. Vitnesses: y 4

H. FRANKFURTER, G. HUZEL.

